Local government: "Democracy in Tower Hamlets is not only under attack through widespread electoral fraud but also intimidation. So it is a relief to see that police officers will be on duty outside every Polling Station in Tower Hamlets during the election for Mayor of London tomorrow..."

"Labour MPs will now push for the House of Commons to censure the News Corporation chairman after accusing him in the report of “wilful blindness” about the extent of criminality at the News of the World. But the Conservatives will resist any Labour efforts to include key criticisms from the report in a Commons motion." - Times (£)

The Mail attacks the BBC/Guardian/Labour onslaught on Murdoch: "The Mail, in alliance with the BBC, the Daily Telegraph, the Guardian, the Daily Mirror, BT and Channel 4, opposed News Corporation taking total control of BSkyB and creating a monopolistic behemoth. But that should not detract from the contribution which Sky TV – along with the film and publishing parts of Mr Murdoch’s empire – has already made to the entertainment industry or the pleasure it has given to millions. If vengeful Labour MPs drove him out of business, the public would be left with a barren media world dominated by the state-subsidised BBC and the Guardian."

Boris Johnson has claimed he is “different” from the Conservative-led government - Telegraph

"Mr Johnson offered only a lukewarm endorsement of Mr Cameron. Asked if the Prime Minister was a vote winner, he paused and then failed to answer the question. ‘I’m sure that all sorts of people win me votes or lose me votes,’ he said. Pushed to take a stand, Mr Johnson said: ‘He’s obviously a vote winner.’" - Daily Mail

I'm "pro-pasty" says Boris in White Van Man appeal to Sun readers

"The London Mayor distances himself from the Chancellor’s botched Budget. He declares he is “pro-pasty” and attacks Mr Osborne’s real-terms pay cut for war-weary troops, saying the move “strikes me as a bit tough”. And the renegade Tory also reveals he urged Mr Osborne to think again and “not to whack up fuel duty”. In defence of White Van Man, he vows to force London councils to lower “extortionate” parking fines." - The Sun

The Sun endorses Boris and hopes that Cameron will learn from his example

Allister Heath in City AM: "Who do you think would be best placed to represent London during the Olympics and the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations? To bat for London when fighting for foreign direct investment and attracting global job-creators? To speak up for readers of this newspaper? In every case, Boris has the edge. He deserves a second term on Thursday."

"In a last-minute intervention ahead of tomorrow's mayoral election in London, Mr Miliband launched an outspoken attack on Mr Johnson. He told The Independent: "Boris Johnson's strategy for these mayoral elections is based on pretending he is not a Tory. He tries not to be seen in public with David Cameron and most of his election literature makes no reference to him being the Conservative candidate. But Boris Johnson has proven to be a typical Tory as mayor, raising fares, cutting services and standing up only for the powerful or wealthy in London.""

Ken Livingstone 'earned up to £1.2m over past three years and used tax loophole to save £220,000' - Daily Mail

Labour supporter Dan Hodges explains why Livingstone's tax hypocrosy and his anti-Jewish remarks have led him to support Boris - Telegraph

Labour has three aims beyond London

"(1) Take control of six English councils which are run by the Conservatives either alone or with the Lib Dems. The list is headed by Birmingham where Miliband launched his campaign for the local elections last month. The other councils are Derby, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Wirral, Plymouth and Southampton.

(2) Win control of councils in parliamentary seats the party must win if Miliband is to make it to No 10. These are Carlisle, Harlow, Norwich, Nuneaton and Bedworth, Reading and Rossendale.

(3) Ensure that the SNP does not gain control of Glasgow which Labour has controlled for the last three decades."

"Mr Miliband has quietly made 30 visits to regional constituencies including Derby, Carlisle and Reading in the run-up to the polls, honing his favoured approach of question and answer sessions rather than soap box speeches or walkabouts. Aides believe that this technique will serve him well in the run-up to the general election when the three main candidates go head-to-head in a repeat of the transformative 2010 TV debates." - FT (£)

Nick Clegg claims that voters are listening to the Lib Dems again - BBC

"When Thatcher's NHS upheaval got out of hand in 1988, she immersed herself in the detail and took personal charge of scaling it back. She would never have let cowboy builders rewrite her planning system. She would have read every line of George Osborne's recent budget, and seen the recklessness of cutting taxes on the rich while raising them on grannies, charities and churches." - Simon Jenkins in The Guardian

"Unlike some, I don’t blame his Eton schooling or wealthy background. No, his problem is that he’s surrounded himself with a self-serving elite whose members also attended private schools and Oxbridge, and aren’t short of a bob or two. Smug and out of touch, they see politics as a game of power and intellectual one-upmanship rather than an opportunity to improve other people’s lives." - Sandra Parsons in the Daily Mail

Danny Finkelstein: Two things explain this Government's woes

"Two big, fat overwhelming things are true about this Government: two things that describe it and limit it; two things that have vastly more explanatory power than anything else I have seen advanced as an explanation of its current political problems. First, the Prime Minister’s party does not have a parliamentary majority. To govern he needs to make a fresh deal every day with a political force very different from his own. And second, the Government has no money, the economy isn’t growing and the public are paying off debts and seeing their standard of living deteriorate." - Danny Finkelstein in The Times (£)

The Electoral Commission confirms that no rules were broken in Cruddas donors affair - BBC

MPs offered iPads in exchange for old computers and to cut paper costs - Daily Mail

House of Commons staff are being ordered to top up MPs' wine glasses less frequently at functions in crackdown on Westminster's drinking culture - Guardian

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